For some bands music is an imperative, an act of urgency. It’s guttural, primal. Not just in their sound, but in their actions and instincts. And in the true Garage Rock spirit that so infused bands like The Stooges, the Death Valley Girls are all about their actions right down to their most base instincts.
What sounds like their musical ethos, summed up to perfection, actually has nothing to do with music at all. It almost seems as if the band somehow see something of themselves in the skateboarders they have just been watching, and are excitedly telling us about. Even if they don’t realise it themselves. Kindred spirits. And this is a band searching for like minds. their love for other bands, they talk with utter passion and excitement about bands they have worked with and toured with. Their generosity of spirit, and genuine passion for these artists is compelling and infectious. Other bands would not miss an opportunity like this to self publicise, but for the Death Valley Girls when asked about music, they can’t help do anything except be honest.
Check out their recent single “Electric High”, they drive straight through you, right to where the excitement is.
They are working as hard as any band out there. Touring constantly and releasing single after single. Coming straight to SXSW from a tour with their favourite band of the moment, Wand. And leaving SXSW to release and single and go almost straight back on the road with Australian duo Palmer Gooch. It seems like an old fashioned approach to making music,
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